Series 1:
Contains various items related to the Wells area.
In this Series:
1. = Miscellaneous
2. = Wells Billiards
3. = Lode Theatre
4. = Wells Gun Club
5. = BC Telephone Company
6. = Fish and Game Club
7. = Royal Canadian Legion #128,
Wells
8. = Neufeld Brothers Garage
9. = Miscellaneous correspondence
10. = Receipts, statements
11. = Miscellaneous
12. = Miscellaneous Forms and Flyers
13. = Property Taxes and Assessment
1. MISCELLANEOUS
1.1 (1) BC Teacher's Federation poster listing teachers' May 1944
salaries for 1944-45.
1.2 (6) Letter from Lounge Fashion Clothes Ltd., Vancouver Apr. 1970
advising of availability of blazers and skirts or pants
for the Centennial Committee. Samples and
order forms included.
1.3 (1) Advertising flyer for Prince George businesses
1.4 (1) Harvest Brand Recipes - 3 fold pamphlet with No date
recipes
1.5 (15) Sheet music - Orchestra score for Drums, horns No date
viola, 1st and 2nd violin, cello, bass, xylophone,
trombone, bassoon, oboe, 1st and 2nd clarinet, piano.
for "The Social Review" and "Sorgenlos" Polka
1.6 (66) Library Material - Dorothy Seatter, Mrs. Green, Mrs., Jan. - Dec. 1953
A. Wall -Wells Public Library Association
Request Slip from Readers (Mrs. G. Whelan),
Library Reports an correspondence.
1.7 (1) RCA Victor 45 RPM record "Silver Bells", and No Date
"Christmas Bride" by the Ray Conniff Singers
1.8 (1) Imperial Oil Road Map of Eastern Canada 1933
1.9 (1) Official Programme Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto 1933
Canada
1.10 (1) Newspaper clipping of "Your Horoscope" Wed. No date
April 5, year unknown
1.11 (1) Calendar - Wall hung, bamboo, Japanese painted scene No date
Advertising Dr. W.J. Jeffries - donated by Mabel
Twist
1.12 (1) Same as above
1.13 (1) Wooden bangle bracelet No date
1.14 (1) Piece of wire, silver coloured, bent into a design No date
1.15 (1) Envelope with markings "Gold Capital of the No date
Cariboo", Wells-Barkerville, Box 107, Wells, BC
1.16 (1) Decorative screw-in hanger No date
1.17 (1) Award of Merit given to E.G. Forge for "Outstanding 1971
Contribution to the BC Centennial '71 Celebrations"
1.18 (1) Metal Tag, has printed "153 Mile Dairy - 1 pint" No date
1.19 (1) Staking Marker , has imprinted "363325 No date
Final Post"
1.20 (1) Staking Marker, has imprinted "363325 No date
Initial Post"
1.21 (1) Business card for Noble W. Pirrie, Mining Engineer, No date
Assayer and Metallurgist, Vancouver Assay Office,
On the back of the card it lists "Charges"
1.22 (1) Centennial poster, 1971
1.23 (1) C.D. Hoy & Co. Blotter No date
1.24 ( book) Note book - Sundry Sketches - Book No. 8 1973
-Subdivision blocks 12 &13
-houses and water connection
-location of proposed school, Wells Hotel
Jack of Clubs Hotel
-contours of school grounds
-block 5 storm sewer ties
-diary of school construction
-new garbage dumpsite, outside drainage
system
1.25 (1) Agreement of Sale of property belonging to Painter Quam May 15, 1939
1.26 (4) newspaper clippings
picture of Fred Wells and Harry Jones No date
Aveline Moffat Hill - obituary No date
page from the Province June 1, 1959
article from Quesnel Cariboo Observer Sept. 16, 1965
re: “Forty Below” (Lee Chong) leaving
for the Orient
2. WELLS BILLIARDS
2.1 (1) -Notice that was posted announcing cost of playing No date
Billiards and Snooker
-Mining receipts
-letter noting that post-dated cheques were received from
Mike Duchak as settlement in full for Judgement with
C.H. Hughes
2.2 Receipts to Mike Duchak from: 1945 - 1948
Allen's Bakery
American Jewellery Company
C.D. Hoy
Cariboo Dry,
D.J. Snell
DeLuxe Clothing
H. Earuk
T.A. Griffith
Martin Johnson
Kallnberge Bros.
Kelly Douglas
Mackenzies Ltd.
Modern Health Products
W. Eric North
Northern Hardware
Radio Shop
Scott-Bathgate
K.H. Sing
W.H. Malkin Co. (Royal Bank)
Wells and District Canadian Legion
Wells Light and Power Company
Wells Publishing Company
Wells Townsite Company
Williams Lake Tobacco
2.3 Cancelled Cheques 1945 - 1948
3. THE LODE THEATRE - SEE WRG 40 Harvey
Bryant
4. WELLS GUN CLUB
4.1 (1 book)Lists of membership, Financial Statements, Minutes 1954 - 1955
4.2 (3) -letter from Doninion Marksmen re: handgun medal competition
-list of supplies and prices from Hunter's Sporting Goods
-brochure from Strum Ruger and Co., Inc. sent to G.W. Gilbert
5. BC TELEPHONE COMPANY
5.1 (5) -Commercial Survey - Wells Exchange Area survey report
-map of Wells Line District - Line by house count sections
-map of Wells District - firms, families, stations and lines
-map of Barkerville Line District - lines by house, count sections
-map of Barkerville district - firms, families, stations and lines
6. FISH AND GAME CLUB
6.1 (14) -Constitutional amendments, Fish and Game Clubs 1955 - 1956
- BC Fish and Game Council, Financial Statement
-BC Fish and Game Council, annual report
-resolutions, Ninth Annual Provincial Game Convention
-agenda, Tenth Annual Provincial Game Convention
-resolutions, Tenth Annual Provincial Game Convention,
Prince George
-Report of Moose Investigations, BC Game Commission
-Aerial Moose Surveys, BC Game Commission
-"Future Big Game Harvest in Western Canada"
-Wildlife Conservation in Canada
-various resolutions
7. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION #128, WELLS
7.1 (2) -letter from W.H. Johnson (Sec. Legion, Wells) to
B.G. Hawkins (Sec. Wells Miners Union)
-letter to B.G. Hawkins to W.H. Johnson
-copy of the Veterans' Advocate Newspaper
8. NEUFELD BROTHERS GARAGE
8.1 (69) -receipt books, 1945 - 1949
-cancelled cheques,
-letter from R.M. Dick, sales manager
Jeffree and Jeffree Ltd.
-receipts, A.W. Cater Ltd.
-notice of payment due, Underwriters Financial Corp.
-receipt from Hoffars Ltd.
-auto supplies receipts
-receipts and invoices, International Harvester Co.
of Canada Ltd.
-invoices, Home Oil Distributors
-warehouse stores, stock forms - statements
-cancelled cheques - Firestone Fire Rubber Co.
-invoices, McLennan McFeely and Prior Ltd.
-invoices, Marshall Wells BC Ltd.
9. MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
9.1 (25) -Christmas card from Mrs. Ed Olson to John No date
-birthday card to Geraldine from Bertha and No date
Henky Pop
-Easter card to Mother McCall from Norman 1957
-Christmas card to ? from Fred No date
-various envelopes, mainly addressed to Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Heskett also John Sikora
-Christmas card to ? from Fred and Minnie Yip No date
-Letter to Jennie McCall from her sister Nellie Feb., 1957
-letter to ? from her aunt Nellie Feb., 1957
-recipe for dandelion wine
-H. MacCulloch's (/) diary of a prospecting trip July - Aug., 1950
-John Sikora - Application for Individual Liquor Permit Jan., 1937
-Free Miners Certificate - John Sikora 1967
-Pacific Eastern Railway C. freight waybill to John Sikora 1968
10. RECEIPTS, STATEMENTS
10.1 (39) -receipts and statements mainly from Wells Produce, 1944 - 1945
K. H. Sing, Mackenzies for John McCall
-receipts and statements, miscellaneous, for various people 1938 - 1952
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 (20) -Hill Meat Market Counter Sales Cheque Books 1937, 1939, 1942
-Royal Bank cheque book, 2 entries 1913
-"The College Inverness, pencil written religious notes No date
-traveller's expense book, Norman A. Bunten 1953
-notebook listing furs trapped, no name 1940 - 1947
-child's notebook practising alphabet No date
-cheque balance book, no name No date
-Fred Peterson certificate of Canadian Citizenship 1948
-newspaper clipping in Swedish No date
-placard: Dominion of Canada acknowledgement that 1941
Elizabeth and Joseph Wendle have aided Canada's war effort
by investing in a Victory Loan
-letter to Mrs. Christianson from ? No date
-note regarding payment for sale of lot 2045, Cariboo Land
District signed by Joseph Wendle, James Mcleath
-pencil draft of telegram sent to the Minister of Finance on
behalf of the Barkerville Board of Trade condemning the
extinction of the office of Gold Commissioner, signed by Fred
Tregillus and Walter Kelly
-a statement of Wells/Barkerville Victory Loans and war 1944
Savings Certificates sales for 1944
-copy of a letter (unsigned) to Harry from Quadra Club 1938
-certificate of Ernie Forge's membership in the Kinsmen 1955
Club of Wells
-order form ? in Chinese from Yuen Wah Jung Co. Ltd.
-inventory of furniture in brown house on town site, property
of J. Dunlop
-4 raffle tickets for Hong's 1950, 1952
12. MISCELLANEOUS FORMS AND FLYERS
12.1 (11) -blank greeting card
-J. Leckie Co. Ltd. price list 1950
-flyer advertising Luther's Grinders
-flyer advertising The Prudential Insurance Co.
-flyer from the Jehovah's Witnesses
-Wells Meat Market price list
-recommended gasoline retail price chart
-Canada - National registration Form for voting
-flyer advertising M.L. Snyder and Son
-flyer advertising Wrights Canadian Ropes Ltd.
-advertisement for Esso
13. PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENT
13.1 (18) Announcement of delinquent taxes on various 1925
properties in Barkerville
13.2 -Assessment Notices - Property and School
-delinquent taxes to A.J.Elliot and J.H. Blair c/o T.A. Blair 1934
-pencil drawn map on T.A. Blair stationary, showing
various claims around Wagon Road, 9 Mile Lake and
Big Valley Creek area.